Jerry Brown

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News about Jerry Brown, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 1, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown signs into law requirement that all schoolchildren receive vaccinations; law allows for medical exemptions but does not allow exemptions for personal or religious reasons; makes state first in country to have such a mandate. MORE

Jun. 20, 2015

Jun. 17, 2015

California lawmakers and Gov Jerry Brown say they have reached agreement on $115.4 billion budget for fiscal year starting in July 2015. MORE

Jun. 16, 2015

California Judge Timothy M Frawley rules that state must return $331 million taken from special fund for troubled homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure; fund received some of $24 billion nationwide settlement with country's largest banks over mortgage practices, and three nonprofit groups sued Gov Jerry Brown over misuse of $350 million. MORE

May. 17, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown is dealing with conditions that his father, former Gov Edmund G Brown Sr, who embodied post- World War II explosion, helped produce; while California is still prospering from his father's efforts, Brown must now confront demands the ever-sprawling state is exacting on water and energy, and challenges of a drought of historic proportions (Series: The Parched West). MORE

May. 15, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown agrees to expand state budget for University of California by 4 percent in each of the next four years, and to provide infusion of $436 million toward paying down system's pension obligations; 10-campus system would have to agree to tuition freeze for in-state students in exchange; measures, if approved by Legislature, would end prolonged standoff. MORE

Apr. 30, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown issues executive order rapidly increasing state's plan to control greenhouse gas emissions; order, which would require drastic 40 percent reduction in emissions by 2030, is part of Brown's plan to put California on forefront of world's efforts to address climate change. MORE

Apr. 29, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown proposes $10,000 fines for residents and businesses wasting water as part of state's conservation mandates, brought on by drought. MORE

Apr. 27, 2015

Severe and prolonged drought in California has played out along state's stark economic divide, with wealthy communities consuming far more water per capita than poorer areas where residents are forced to conserve due to economic necessity; impending statewide water consumption cut of 25 percent ordered by Gov Jerry Brown will turn dynamic on its head, targeting high-income, high-usage areas; remains unclear whether policy will affect behavior of wealthy, and whether it is constitutionally sound (Series: The Parched West). MORE

Apr. 14, 2015

Mark Bittman Op-Ed column argues solution to California's drought must address fact that agriculture consumes inordinate share of water in state; urges Gov Jerry Brown, who has mandated cutbacks on residential water use, to tackle agricultural water use, particularly state's arcane system of granting water rights. MORE

Apr. 5, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown's order to address drought by cutting water consumption by 25 percent shows how state's aspiration of unimpeded growth has run up against limits of nature; Brown's mandate suggests he and other state leaders believe drought is indicative of permanent change in climate, and that permanent changes are necessary to make state viable (Series: The Parched West). MORE

Apr. 5, 2015

Apr. 2, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown issues executive order imposing mandatory reduction of water use by 25 percent after state's four-year drought hits near-crisis proportions; mandate, first in state's history, affects California's 400 water supply agencies over coming year; large farm owners who get their water supply from other than local agencies will not fall under guidelines. MORE

Mar. 29, 2015

Editorial examines California Gov Jerry Brown's proposal for protecting San Francisco Bay Delta watershed from saltwater contamination; notes that despite flaws in plan, which many critics have pointed out, proposal shows that California officials are preparing for possible detrimental effects of climate change; warns circumstances in California shows that even when risks are recognized, cost and bureaucratic inertia combine to drag out implementation of needed measures. MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown attends ceremonial groundbreaking of high-speed train to link Los Angeles and San Francisco day after being sworn in for his last term; critics note that train, which will cost estimated $67 billion, lacks actual funding, but Brown appears undaunted and committed to making rail part of his legacy. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown starts his fourth and last term, calling for wide reduction in state's energy usage over next 15 years, including plan to cut gas consumption by cars and trucks by up to 50 percent; says state will increase its role in battle against global warming. MORE

Dec. 26, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown's choices of Leondra R Kruger, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Goodwin Liu for California Supreme Court, considered one of the most influential in the country, have drawn praise from scholars and legal experts; all three have been confirmed to court, despite never having served as judges; nominations are in a sense do-over of disastrous appointment by Brown of Rose Bird to court in his first term as governor. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

Board of Regents of the University of California, despite opposition from students and Gov Jerry Brown, votes 14-7 to approve tuition increases of up to 5 percent in each of next five years. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

University of California Board of Regents gives preliminary approval to plan to raise tuition 27.6 percent over five years; Gov Jerry Brown fails to block measure in last-ditch effort; hundreds of students protest, but university system president Janet Napolitano argues that increase is necessary. MORE

Nov. 7, 2014

California Democratic Gov Jerry Brown, elected to his fourth term in office, pledges fiscal restraint, which he seems to want to turn into his permanent legacy for state; he easily bested Republican opponent Neel Kashkan with 58.6 percent of vote, in rare bright spot for Democrats in midterm elections. MORE

Oct. 3, 2014

Editorial criticizes California Gov Jerry Brown's veto of bill that would have strengthened legal rights of franchisees in dealings with their corporate owners; contends veto amounts to condoning economic status quo that squeezes small businesses and low-wage workers even as corporate profits rise. MORE

Oct. 1, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown signs into law measure that makes it the first state to allow private citizens to ask a court to seize guns from family members who they believe pose a threat to themselves or the public; legislation was introduced in direct response to shooting in Isla Vista by Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others. MORE

Sep. 29, 2014

Gov Jerry Brown of California signs bill that will make California the first state to require students on college campuses to receive active consent before all sexual activity; move is part of national struggle to reduce sexual assaults on campus. MORE

Sep. 9, 2014

Editorial calls on California Gov Jerry Brown to sign bill that would redefine consent in sexual assault policies at state-financed colleges; praises policy, which puts burden on student initiating sex to obtain a 'yes' rather than on intended partner to convey 'no'; holds 'yes means yes' policy will not make sexual assaults disappear, but could significantly improve how colleges handle accusations. MORE

Sep. 6, 2014

Gov Jerry Brown, Democrat of California, faces his Republican challenger Neel Kashkari in campaign's first and apparently only debate; in the course of a spare 60 minutes, California voters are left with little doubt of the sharply different views of Brown and Kashkari, on a range of issues. MORE

Aug. 31, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown appeals ruling that threw out teacher job protection laws on grounds they deprived students of their constitutional rights, stepping into national debate about tenure protections; argues that ruling was too broad in scope and needs to be made by higher court. MORE

Aug. 28, 2014

Editorial calls on California Gov Jerry Brown to sign bill redressing several imbalances of power between corporations and small-business franchisees; notes bill will protect franchisees from retaliation tactics and grant momentum to ongoing labor movement among franchise workers. MORE

Aug. 10, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown reverses parole board decision, blocking release of Bruce Davis, former Charles Manson follower who has served more than 43 years in prison for 1969 slayings of Gary Hinman and Donald Shea. MORE

Aug. 1, 2014

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari spends a week on Fresno, Calif, streets posing as a homeless man; experiment adds some sorely needed publicity to his campaign against incumbent Democratic Gov Jerry Brown, while also attracting some ridicule. MORE

Jul. 17, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown’s most formidable Republican adversary as he campaigns for re-election is turning out to be a fellow Californian; incoming House majority leader Rep Kevin McCarthy, former State Assembly minority leader, is emerging as an ideological and politically wily opponent with strong opinions on how things should be done back home. MORE

May. 20, 2014

Gov Jerry Brown is portraying California as the front line of climate change, saying effects of man-made global warming are devastating the state; draws direct link between climate change and both the record-setting drought that has left the state parched and the early-season wildfires that have broken out across California. MORE

May. 1, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown proposes vote on constitutional amendment requiring state's budget surpluses be used to pay down municipal debt and create an emergency fund; proposal comes as unexpected boom has ended years of budget shortfalls and fiscal dysfunction. MORE

Apr. 17, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown, saying state’s budget surplus should be used to pay debt, calls special session of the Legislature to make changes to rainy-day fund measure on November ballot. MORE

Feb. 28, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown, already the longest-serving governor in state's history, announces he will run for unprecedented fourth term. MORE

Feb. 20, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown and top Democrats announce a $687 million plan to provide immediate help to drought-stricken communities. MORE

Feb. 11, 2014

Panel of three federal judges rules that California can have two more years to reduce severe overcrowding in state prisons; ruling amounts to legal and political victory for Gov Jerry Brown, giving him time to pursue a strategy of using rehabilitation programs to reduce head counts. MORE

Jan. 23, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown delivers an upbeat State of the State speech, proclaiming a California comeback; speech represents the beginning of his expected campaign for a fourth term as governor. MORE

Jan. 10, 2014

California Gov Jerry Brown submits $155 billion state budget proposal that includes an 8.5 percent spending increase, but also $11 billion for debts and liabilities, including a $6 billion deferred payment to schools; state has multi-billion-dollar surplus. MORE

Jan. 7, 2014

High-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which California's Gov Jerry Brown has made his personal crusade, is reeling from court ruling on its financing and from slipping public support. MORE

Nov. 13, 2013

Anne Gust Brown, wife of California Gov Jerry Brown, has not embraced traditional role as first lady, instead functioning as a confidante to her husband and quietly consulting with him on various matters; she is one of the few people who can predict Brown's often unpredictable thinking and, one of the most likely to tell the governor when it is time to stop analyzing and make a decision. MORE

Oct. 16, 2013

Supreme Court says it will not interfere with previous order requiring California to cut its prison population by thousands of inmates, leaving Gov Jerry Brown with just one more chance to persuade lower court to delay or stop releases. MORE

Oct. 14, 2013

California Gov Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would have allowed biosimilar versions of biologic drugs to be substituted by pharmacists if Food and Drug Administration deemed them 'interchangeable' with the brand-name reference product. MORE

Oct. 12, 2013

Democrats in the California Legislature pass sweeping package of gun control bills after a string of mass shootings across the country; Gov Jerry Brown, however, vetoes several key pieces, including a ban on semiautomatic weapons that many had considered the toughest restriction on gun ownership in the country; calls bill overly broad and says ban would have unduly constrained hunters and others using guns legally. MORE

Oct. 10, 2013

California Gov Jerry Brown expands access to abortion in the state, signing a bill to allow nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants to perform aspiration abortions, common type of the procedure, during the first trimester. MORE

Oct. 8, 2013

California Gov Jerry Brown, breaking with Democrats in State Legislature, vetoes bill that would have made state first to allow immigrants who are not citizens to serve on juries, saying that the responsibility should come only with citizenship; has signed into law numerous measures in recent weeks that put state at vanguard of expanding immigrant rights. MORE

Oct. 7, 2013

Editorial urges those seeking positive action on immigration reform to look to California, where Gov Jerry Brown, Democratic-controlled Legislature and a Republican Party conspicuously lacking in Tea Partyers have made strides in advancing a sensible immigration agenda; notes while states alone cannot fix the whole system, they can try to address issues and prod the federal government by example. MORE

Sep. 26, 2013

California Gov Jerry Brown signs a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour within three years. MORE

Sep. 13, 2013

Editorial urges California Gov Jerry Brown to sign bill passed by the state's Senate that extends basic rights to domestic workers; contends a domestic workers' Bill of Rights in California would be a huge step in the right direction for the country. MORE

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July 1, 2015, Wednesday

Lawmakers passed a compromise $115.4 billion budget to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s demands for restrained spending, even as the package sends billions more to public schools and increases spending on health care and social services.